TV Guide Channel named MEGAN COSTELLO as vice president of research. Costello, who most recently served as vice president of research for CBS Television Distribution, will oversee all of TV Guide Channel’s research initiatives, which include primary research, ratings and market analyses, as well as viewer testing for the network’s programming.

WhitePages.com hired MEG GARRETT as account executive in its East Coast sales office.

DANIEL JAYE, the former co-founder and chief technology officer of Engage, joined TACODA as executive vice president, product management & development.

SUZANNE GROSSMAN joined Smithsonian Magazine as an account manager.

JOE GALLAGHER joined Dow Jones Online as national sales director. Gallagher joins the company from Tribune Interactive, where he was national sales director for the Eastern and Central US. In addition, REGGIE RILEY was promoted to Midwest sales manager and MIKE RENFRO was promoted to southwest sales manager.

GM Planworks hired DR. MICHAEL VINSON as SVP/managing director, digital insights and analytics. He will lead the development of digital and emerging media research efforts for GM and spearhead advancements in the area of digital audience measurement across the Starcom MediaVest Group network. Previously, Vinson was the chief research scientist at erinMedia, a television audience analysis company.

Carat Fusion named PAULA ROBERT as associate director, enabling technologies. Most recently, Robert worked at Digitas / Modem Media, most recently as manager of technology enablement. In addition, PETER ROBINSON was named program director for the agency’s Customer Relationship Management practice. Prior to joining Carat Fusion, Robinson worked for e-Dialog as an account director in the Professional Services organization.

Boelter + Lincoln named JILL BRZESKI chief executive officer, as JOHN LINCOLN retires after 32 years with the company. Brzeski retains her role as president, which she assumed in 2004. She joined the agency in 1985.

Universal McCann named JATINDER SINGH as the global director of measurement and analytics, a new leadership position. Singh was previously senior vice president, group director, strategic services for Wunderman New York.

MAT ZUCKER was named executive creative director for the New York office of Agency.com. He joins Agency.com from R/GA, where he was executive creative director working for clients including Johnson & Johnson and Subaru of America.